Ranked by assets and deposits, Capital One is one of the largest banks in the U.S., with top-tier national businesses in credit card and auto lending and a retail and commercial banking presence in the New York, Metro D.C., and the Louisiana/Texas markets. Capital One's mix of loans is about 47% card loans, 24% consumer loans, and 29% commercial loans.

U.S. stocks rose on Friday morning following PCE data. The Fed's preferred inflation indicator, the personal consumption expenditures index (PCE), rose 0.3% in March, which was below estimates of a 0.5% increase and matched the increase in February. Core PCE also rose 0.3%, which was steady from last month and in line with estimates. The latest readings bring the annual rate for headline PCE to 2.7%, up from 2.5% in February, and core PCE to 2.8%, which was unchanged from last month. The Dow was down 0.4%, the S&P 500 fell 1.1% and the Nasdaq lost 2.1%. Crude oil is trading near $84 per barrel and gold is up $5 to $2348 per ounce.

Capital One is a diversified financial services holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Originally a spinoff of Signet Financial’s credit card division in 1994, the company is now primarily involved in credit card lending, auto loans, and commercial lending.

The cold hard message is sinking in. Higher rates are here to stay for longer than expected. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said multiple times that the Fed will be 'data-driven' when deciding on monetary policy. And the data has spoken. First, let's look at inflation. There has been great progress made in knocking inflation down from its peak of 9.1% in June of 2022. But achieving progress at the current lower levels, with inflation in the low-3% range, as expected, has been difficult. The Fed has been specific, saying inflation needs to be at 2% before restrictive policy will be eased. The Fed was patient after the January inflation data, and again with February data. But when March showed persistently higher prices, the Fed threw came right out and said that change can wait. Chairman Powell said the following last week. "The recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence..." and "If higher inflation does persist, we can maintain the current level of restriction for as long as needed." Now let's consider unemployment. The Fed again has been specific. Officials are looking for a 4.1% unemployment rate to gently (hopefully) slow the economy. Currently, the rate is not budging and is vacillating between 3.8% and 3.9%. Given the current macroeconomic backdrop, the following is a list of industries and companies we like that should benefit from a sustained period of higher interest rates. All are BUY-rated at Argus.